HENRY G. MANNE PROGRAM IN LAW & ECONOMICS STUDIES WORKSHOP ON EMPIRICAL METHODS FOR LAW PROFESSORS MAY 16 20, 2016
HENRY G. MANNE PROGRAM IN LAW & ECONOMICS STUDIES LEC WORKSHOP ON EMPIRICAL METHODS FOR LAW PROFESSORS Monday, May 16 8:00 AM 8:30 AM REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST Hazel Hall Room 215 8:30 AM 9:00 AM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School 9:00 AM 10:30 AM CLASS 1: RESEARCH DESIGN ERIC A. HELLAND William F. Podlich Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow, Claremont McKenna College Tabarrok, Alexander, Eric A. Helland, and Paul S. Heaton, The Measure of Vice and Sin: A Review of the Uses, Limitations and Implications of Crime Data, in Handbook On The Economics Of Crime, ed. Bruce Benson and Paul Zimmermann (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010). Mostly Harmless Econometrics packet. 11:00 AM 12:30 PM CLASS 2: FINDING DATA ERIC A. HELLAND Continuation of previous assignment 12:30 PM 1:30 PM LUNCH Rear Atrium
CLASSES: George Mason University School of Law, Hazel Hall, 3301 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201 Monday, May 16 AGENDA 1:30 PM 3:00 PM CLASS 3: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS ERIC A. HELLAND Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, 5th edition (SouthWestern, Cengage Learning: 2013), Appendix A (Basic Mathematical Tools); Appendix B (Fundamentals of Probability); Appendix C (Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics). 3:30 PM 4:30 PM CLASS 4: APPLIED SESSION ERIC A. HELLAND 6:00 PM 8:00 PM RECEPTION AND DINNER Liberty Tavern 3
HENRY G. MANNE PROGRAM IN LAW & ECONOMICS STUDIES LEC WORKSHOP ON EMPIRICAL METHODS FOR LAW PROFESSORS Tuesday, May 17 8:00 AM 8:30 AM BREAKFAST Hazel Hall Room 215 8:30 AM 10:00 AM CLASS 5: BASIC Monday, July 13 PROBABILITY THEORY BRUCE H. KOBAYASHI Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development and Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law Peter Kennedy, A Guide to Econometrics, 4th ed. (Blackwell Publishers Inc., 1998): Appendix A, B, C; Chapter 2. 10:30 AM 12:00 PM CLASS 6: FORMULATING TESTABLE HYPOTHESES BRUCE H. KOBAYASHI Daniel L. Rubinfeld, Econometrics in the Courtroom, 85 Columbia Law Review 1048 (1985). Deirdre N. McCloskey and Stephen T. Ziliak, The Standard Error of Regressions, 34 Journal of Economic Literature 97 (March 1996). 12:00 PM 1:00 PM LUNCH Rear Atrium 1:00 PM 2:30 PM CLASS 7: INFERENCE BRUCE H. KOBAYASHI David H. Kaye and David A. Friedman, Reference Guide on Statistics, from Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, 2nd ed. (Federal Judicial Center, 2000), pp 83-178. Daniel L. Rubinfeld, Reference Guide on Multiple Regression, from Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, 2nd ed. (Federal Judicial Center, 2000), pp 179-227.
CLASSES: George Mason University School of Law, Hazel Hall, 3301 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201 Tuesday, May 17 AGENDA 3:00 PM 4:00 PM CLASS 8: APPLIED SESSION BRUCE H. KOBAYASHI Orley Ashenfelter, et al, Econometric Methods in Staples, Princeton Law and Public Affairs Working Paper Series, No 04-007 (Spring 2004). 4:00 PM ADJOURN FOR THE DAY 5
HENRY G. MANNE PROGRAM IN LAW & ECONOMICS STUDIES LEC WORKSHOP ON EMPIRICAL METHODS FOR LAW PROFESSORS Wednesday, May 18 8:00 AM 8:30 AM BREAKFAST Hazel Hall Room 215 8:30 AM 10:00 AM CLASS 9: SPECIFICATION Monday, July 13 Kennedy, A Guide to Econometrics, Chapter 5; Chapter 6.1 6.3; Chapters 14-16. 10:30 AM 12:00 PM CLASS 10: CROSS- SECTIONAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS Michael R. Baye and Joshua D. Wright, Is Antitrust Too Complicated for Generalist Judges? The Impact of Economic Complexity and Judicial Training on Appeals 54 Journal of Law & Economics 1 (2011). 12:00 PM 1:00 PM LUNCH Rear Atrium 1:00 PM 2:30 PM CLASS 11: TIME SERIES REGRESSION ANALYSIS George Bittlingmayer and Thomas W. Hazlett, DOS Kapital: Has Antitrust Action Against Microsoft Created Value in the Computer Industry?, 55 Journal of Financial Economics 329 (2000).
CLASSES: George Mason University School of Law, Hazel Hall, 3301 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201 Wednesday, May 18 AGENDA 3:00 PM 4:00 PM CLASS 12: APPLIED SESSION 4:00 PM ADJOURN FOR THE DAY 7
HENRY G. MANNE PROGRAM IN LAW & ECONOMICS STUDIES LEC WORKSHOP ON EMPIRICAL METHODS FOR LAW PROFESSORS Thursday, May 19 8:00 AM 8:30 AM BREAKFAST Hazel Hall Room 215 8:30 AM 10:00 AM CLASS 13: PANEL DATA Monday, July 13 TECHNIQUES Jonathan Klick and Thomas Stratmann, Medical Malpractice Reform and Physicians in High Risk Specialties, 36 Journal of Legal Studies 5121 (2007). 10:30 AM 12:00 PM CLASS 14: SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS Eric Helland and Jonathan Klick, Legal Origins and Empirical Credibility in Does Law Matter? On Law and Economic Growth, edited by Michael Faure and Jan Smits, (Inserentia, 2011), pp 99-113. 12:00 PM 1:00 PM LUNCH Rear Atrium 1:00 PM 2:30 PM CLASS 15: APPLIED SESSION 2:30 PM ADJOURN FOR THE DAY
CLASSES: George Mason University School of Law, Hazel Hall, 3301 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201 Friday, May 20 AGENDA 8:00 AM 8:30 AM BREAKFAST Hazel Hall Room 215 8:30 AM 10:30 AM CLASS 16: PARTICIPANT PAPER SESSIONS 10:30 AM ADJOURN 9
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